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This “conciliar theory,” propounded by Conrad of Gelnhausen and championed by the great Parisian teachers Pierre d’Ailly and Gerson, proceeded from the nominalistic axiom that the whole is greater than its part.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Blood parodizes this demand in true nominalistic fashion.

From Memories and Studies by James, Henry

In the later Middle Ages, this latent individualism found conscious formulation in the nominalistic philosophies, which treated the structure of knowledge as something built up within the individual through his own acts, and mental states.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John

In these two points of view we seem to have again the contrast and the opposition, already referred to, between the nominalistic and realistic conceptions of society.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra

With the impulsiveness peculiar to his nature, he adopted the negative conclusions of a shallow nominalistic philosophy.

From Percy Bysshe Shelley by Symonds, John Addington